Been there, and paid for the privilege of it too. It was sold as a "self-paced study" program (even though you had to take a test every week to keep up). The prof didn't do a single minute of instruction (proctors administered the tests).
I'm sure the prof was paid handsomely to sit in his office playing Solitaire.
Lazarus (Ultima V via Dungeon Siege) was a very ambitious and successful undertaking. The nostalgia factor way outshined the game's general bugginess. Let's face it, those guys really had to tie the DS engine into knots to make most of the functionality work.
"Everyone complaining above agrees that an officer who arrests a hit and run offender should not be allowed to search the defendants phone to see if they were talking / texting at the time of the accident?"
I'm certainly not comfortable with your average highway patrolman making such a determination.
"Sadly, I've learned most Slashdot users will talk from self-perceived position of superiority and mock any and all attempts from people to improve things, exercise their right to free speech or just try to do whatever they can to fight for their rights."
If the protesters themselves didn't try so hard to invite ridicule and instead focused squarely on getting their message out, we'd have a reason to take them more seriously.
"The poor tend to spend their money on essentials."
Like cigarettes and booze.
Before you jump down my throat, I know that not ALL poor people smoke or drink. But I think it's fairly safe to assume that taxes on things like alcohol and cigarettes disproportionately affect the poor.
Hospitals here are already overcrowded with people dying in emergency room waiting areas, and we're already subsidizing them. Just at a much higher cost than we would for a single-payer system.
And using that kind or rationale, they could justify forcing the public to buy anything.
Imagine, for example, a "Buy American Act" in which the government mandated that we buy American-made cars or pay an additional tax. I wonder if the HCR law proponents would be so quick to cite the Commerce Clause to justify that.
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Netcraft is rumored to be monitoring the situation carefully.
"Ever tried to learn calculus from a textbook?"
Been there, and paid for the privilege of it too. It was sold as a "self-paced study" program (even though you had to take a test every week to keep up). The prof didn't do a single minute of instruction (proctors administered the tests).
I'm sure the prof was paid handsomely to sit in his office playing Solitaire.
Lazarus (Ultima V via Dungeon Siege) was a very ambitious and successful undertaking. The nostalgia factor way outshined the game's general bugginess. Let's face it, those guys really had to tie the DS engine into knots to make most of the functionality work.
...how is that "censorship"?
Misusing words eventually makes them meaningless.
"Everyone complaining above agrees that an officer who arrests a hit and run offender should not be allowed to search the defendants phone to see if they were talking / texting at the time of the accident?"
I'm certainly not comfortable with your average highway patrolman making such a determination.
Dollar-for-dollar match up to 5% is hard to pass up.
What options do people with company-sponsored 401(k)s have?
I'd love to have the requisite time and knowledge to be able to manage my own retirement account, but I don't. And neither do a lot of people.
"Sadly, I've learned most Slashdot users will talk from self-perceived position of superiority and mock any and all attempts from people to improve things, exercise their right to free speech or just try to do whatever they can to fight for their rights."
If the protesters themselves didn't try so hard to invite ridicule and instead focused squarely on getting their message out, we'd have a reason to take them more seriously.
While the Republican response to OWS has been predictable, is anyone terribly surprised that elected Democrats are keeping their distance?
I guess his company is suing everyone who makes a round-rectangular shaped product for our benefit.
Well-played Subby!
Are Stephen King and Alan Thicke still OK?
I don't know about Flash, but Java can be set to auto-update.
Nothing says "green" like phosphates.
So is SAIC going to be fined for their illegal (if unintentional) disclosure of patient medical records?
Ha ha! Almost got ya there, didn't I? Of course I know the answer already!
...when you guys have shoehorned Android onto it!
"The poor tend to spend their money on essentials."
Like cigarettes and booze.
Before you jump down my throat, I know that not ALL poor people smoke or drink. But I think it's fairly safe to assume that taxes on things like alcohol and cigarettes disproportionately affect the poor.
They are free.
"Should a supermarket let someone who's starving to death die in their checkout line?"
Apparently you believe that supermarkets should be responsible for feeding the poor, otherwise you wouldn't have asked that ridiculous question.
Everything the government wants to do is for the General Welfare. Therefore they shouldn't be constrained in any way.
The federal government doesn't mandate auto insurance.
Hospitals here are already overcrowded with people dying in emergency room waiting areas, and we're already subsidizing them. Just at a much higher cost than we would for a single-payer system.
No, not like that at all, actually.
And using that kind or rationale, they could justify forcing the public to buy anything.
Imagine, for example, a "Buy American Act" in which the government mandated that we buy American-made cars or pay an additional tax. I wonder if the HCR law proponents would be so quick to cite the Commerce Clause to justify that.
Except single-payer wouldn't have primarily benefited the healthcare industries like the HCR law does.